Franz Jung (1899 − 1978) was a German pianist, music educator and conductor.
Life Jung began his career as a solo répétiteur at the Semperoper in Dresden. Due to the performance of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner, which he conducted there with great success, Jung was engaged in 1924 at the Theater Erfurt as 1st Kapellmeister after Erfurt.Full text of "Neue Musik-Zeitung Jg45 1924 H7-12" on WebArchiv
At the age of 25, he was appointed General Music Director of the Stadttheater Erfurt. He worked there until his appointment to the Dresden Philharmonic by Heinz Bongartz. In Erfurt Kurt Masur was 1st Kapellmeister under him. In Dresden Masur was his successor from 1955.
Jung took over guest directorships, e.g. in Weimar, Belgrad (1943) and Rostock and taught as a professor at the state conservatories and music academies in Erfurt, Leipzig and Weimar. Among his students were Dieter Zechlin, and Eduard Lehmstedt (later music director of the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle WeimarEhemaliger MusikDirector des DTN in Weimar wird achtzig (retrieved on 9 June 2020)) Kurt Dietmar Richter and Siegfried Thiele.
Jung was a member of the .
World premieres Paul Hindemith: Hin und zurück (1928). Paul Hindemith: Neues vom Tage (1929). Ottmar Gerster: Enoch Arden – Der Möwenschrei (1938).
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